impossibilities to the Almighty and covenant-keeping God, and exclaims (ver. 17), "Ah, Lord God, behold Thou hast made the heaven and the earth by Thy great power and stretched- out arm, and there is nothing too hard" (or wonderful ) for Thee" to which God Himself adds, so to say, His " Amen," by repeating in ver. 2 3 the prophet's own words " Behold, I am Jehovah, the God of all flesh; is there anything too hard" (or marvellous ) for Me?" and proceeds to tell him that, though the city and land would now be given over to desolation, and the people carried into captivity because of their great sin and mani fold provocations of the Holy One, yet the time would assuredly come when " men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds and seal them, and call witnesses in every part of the promised land; for I will cause their captivity to return, saith Jehovah"
Before passing on to the following verses, let me ask you, dear reader, Have you learned this great lesson? Have you experienced personally the supernatural power of the living God, the Creator of the ends of the earth, Who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, and with Whom nothing is impossible, or " marvellous," in your own heart and life? For only then can you believe in the great and marvellous things which God promised to do for Israel in the future, and through them for the whole world.
But let us proceed to the next brief paragraph (vers. 7,8). " Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold I will save My people from the east country, and from the west country: and I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jeru salem; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, in truth and righteousness"
This is one of the greatest and most comprehensive promises in reference to Israel's restoration and conversion to be found in the prophetic Scriptures, but on which I may not tarry long for want of space, and because I have fully dwelt on this subject in some of my other writings.[1]
- ↑ The Jewish Problem Its Solution; also, The Shepherd of Israel and His Scattered Flock.
